Making a living??

[Kzin]

Originally posted by parksie
Well, it's different situations. Most open-source developers are students (let's face it). The people that make money out of it, that work at Microsoft or SGI, tend to be on the older side.

My philosophy is -- be cheap while you're young, because your parents will be there to support you, plus you get a good reputation Then, when you're older and supporting yourself completely, either get a real job somewhere, or start your own business and spend all day coding (nice prospect ).

There doen't seem to be a :nods wisely: icon but I agree with Mike here but would add that part of your reputation (to the commercial world at least) will depend on what you have been paid previously so when you do get the opportunity to get paid go right for it rather than holding out a bit longer to improve your reputation etc.